Can a Pre-1500 Certified member merge Skanke-5 into Schanke-7?

Question

See merge notes.  Neither profile is sourced, but there is no point in letting both profiles sit, when it is clearly intended to be the same person.

Answer 1

Why do you say they are the same person?

Kerstin was born before 1520 in Norway.

Christine was born approx 60 years earlier in Sweden.

Comments

I agree with JJ Stratton that hey appear to be the same person. Jämtland was a part of Norway until 1645, so both profiles were born in Norway.
The only data we have about that profile is that she was married to Peder Rytter (bef.1520-), who I would say is the same person as Peder Den Eldre Rytter (1470-1539), the husband of Christine Schanke.
Christine and Kerstin was the same name at the time, and last names could be spelled any number of ways.
The profile does not say that she was born "about" 1520, but rather "before" 1520.

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Thank you for your viewpoint, as someone more familiar with Scandanavia than me.  There is a comment on one of the profiles from someone else familiar with Scandanavia who agrees with you.

I sent a private message Aksel Horvei, because he is both pre-1500 certified and obviously knows a lot more about the the area and time period than me.  Perhaps he will adopt Skanke-5 and Schanke-7, merge them, change Kerstin/Christine's LNAB to Jensdatter, then adopt Rytter-1 and Rytter-4 and merge them.  He can always orphan them afterwards.

The huge number of pre-1500 profiles that have pending merges going back years is very frustrating to me.

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That sounds like a good way of doing it, and I think it's great that you took the time to do this!